Who is Jordan Matter?
American YouTuber, social media star, moviemaker and photographer Jordan Matter, was born under the zodiac sign Libra on 6 October 1966, in New York City, USA. He’s probably only known for his presence on the internet, particularly for his self-titled YouTube channel, which is today subscribed to by more than 18.3 million people. Jordan launched the channel on 21 December 2006, and has since posted nearly 450 videos, all of which together have amassed nearly seven billion views; most of his newer content stars his daughter taking on various challenges, spending time with her friends, and pranking them.
Early life and education
Jordan was raised in New York City by his mother Paula Feiten who was a fashion model, and father Alex Matter who was a film director; Jordan’s grandfather was Herbert Matter, a graphic designer and photographer who became famous during World War II for using photomontage in commercial art. Jordan hasn’t talked about whether or not he has siblings, and many of his fans thus believe that he has none.
Jordan studied at a local high school in New York City, and was mostly into playing baseball during his four years there; he considered pursuing a career as an athlete, and also dreamed about becoming a famous actor. Jordan was still interested in photography, and looked up to photo-journalist Henri Cartier-Bresson in particular.
He matriculated in 1985, and his career as a photographer started rather unusually; he took head photos of a model, and these became very popular. Soon, numerous other models wanted to be photographer by Jordan, while he was also contacted to work for BBC, NBC, CBS and MSNBC; it was some years later that he decided to launch his YouTube channel, and start a career on the internet.
Most watched YouTube videos
Jordan’s today mostly popular on YouTube for his short videos, in most of which he features his daughter; many of these videos show her taking on internet challenges, or spending time with her father, while these also occasionally feature Jordan taking pictures at rather unusual locations. We’ll cover the three most popular videos as these have contributed to Jordan’s overall popularity.
His #1 video “Busted by Security for Taking a Photo?” has been watched over 400 million times since 14 April 2022 and has amassed more than 15 million likes; it features Jordan taking pictures of his daughter while hiding from security behind a fountain.
Jordan’s second most popular video “Paying $100 to Guess My Daughter’s Age” has been viewed close to 130 million times since 5 April 2022 and has amassed more than six million likes; it features Jordan asking people at the mall to guess his daughter’s age, and win $100.
His #3 video “1st Person to Guess Age Wins $100! Feat Anna McNulty” has been watched close to 120 million times since 16 June 2022 and has amassed close to five million likes; it’s a similar video to #2, with Jordan again asking people to guess a girl’s age.
Presence on the internet
Jordan’s active on various social media networks, and more than two million people are following him on Instagram today, while he’s uploaded over 4,200 pictures and videos; most of his pictures have been taken by himself, and most feature his daughter during her everyday life.
Jordan’s TikTok account is today followed by more than 5.3 million people, with all his videos together numbering over 100 million likes; most feature his daughter dancing, taking on internet challenges, or spending time with Jordan.
More than 16,000 people are following Jordan on Twitter today; he’s tweeted over 7,500 times since the creation of his account in May 2011 – most of his tweets serve to promote his YouTube channel, while he usually shares his opinion on various matters in others.
Jordan’s also quite popular on Facebook, with close to 250,000 people following him on this network; he usually updates his account at least once a week, and his most recent post was a video on 26 December 2023, which features him surprising his best friend.
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Love life and wife
Although he often features his daughter in his YouTube content, Jordan still rarely talks about his family on the internet.
It’s widely known that he’s today married to American non-celebrity woman Lauren, whom he also occasionally features in his Instagram content; they have two children together, Hudson and Salish, and the family members are quite close to one another. They are today all living together in California.
Jordan’s daughter Salish is quite popular on the internet; close to two million people are following her on Instagram, and she’s posted nearly 300 pictures and videos. She’s 14 years old as of January 2024. His son Hudson is followed by close to 220,000 people on Instagram.
There are no other women whom Jordan’s perhaps dated, that we know about; he’s married to Lauren as of January 2024 and they have two children together.
Interesting facts and hobbies
Jordan’s also into writing and has authored three books: “Dancers Among Us” in 2012, “Dancers After Dark” in 2016 and “Born to Dance” in 2018.
He’s either vegan or vegetarian, and his daughter’s followed in his footsteps as she’s a vegetarian.
Jordan’s daughter’s today a gymnast, while his son has followed in his footsteps and is learning to become a photographer.
Jordan’s been all around the world, for both work and pleasure; his favorite city to travel to is Hanoi, Vietnam.
One of his favorite bands is ZZ Top, and one of Jordan’s favorite songs is “Gimme All Your Lovin’”.
Jordan’s favorite actor is Christian Bale, and some of his favorite films are “Hostiles”, “I’m Not There” and “Knight of Cups”.
He’s a lover of animals, with cats being his favorites.
Net worth, height and age
Jordan’s age is 57. He’s 5ft 10ins (1.78m) tall, weighs around 155lbs (70kgs) and his eyes and hair are brown.
Jordan’s net worth’s been estimated at over $5 million, as of January 2024.
